The new Iowa women’s basketball coach is praising Caitlin Clark.
“That kid is good, and she can pass it, and she makes you better,” Jensen said, in an interview with SiriusXM NBA Radio. “She just wants to freaking win. And she believes that to win, it has to be her way.”
Jensen went on to make a bold comparison of Clark to other great professional basketball players. She believes Clark has a winning mentality, the same shared by greats Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
“It has to be this pass then, and this shot now. Does that not sound like Kobe or Michael,” Jensen added. “The great ones are like that.”
Clark played for Iowa women’s basketball before her WNBA career. She helped lead the Hawkeyes to two national championship games, but the program lost both times.
Clark’s rookie season in the WNBA
The Fever have dropped two in a row, so Clark will have to continue stepping up for the team. The club is trying to get back into consideration for a playoff spot in the WNBA. The team’s next game is against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday.
Iowa women’s basketball this season
Iowa women’s basketball will surely miss Clark’s production this coming season. The team has a new coach in Jensen, who will have the arduous task of getting the team back into the NCAA tournament.
Jensen served as the associate head coach at Iowa for the last 24 years. She was on the bench for both of their runs to the NCAA final. She has never been a head coach in women’s college basketball. Jensen played the game while at Drake, so she has a lot of experience in the world of women’s college basketball. She was the leading scorer in the NCAA during the 1991 season.
Iowa women’s basketball starts their season in November against Northern Illinois. The team also has a tough non conference slate, with Virginia Tech, Kansas and Tennessee on the schedule. Iowa women’s basketball fans will surely miss Clark, but also know that times always change.
Benjamin Adducchio is a sports journalist with over a decade of experience covering news. He is an expert writer on the NFL, NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball, and New York Yankees for ClutchPoints. The New York City resident previously worked in broadcasting and radio.
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